For
more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director
of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL,
PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO-- November 8, 2004--Chicago-Kent College
of Law, the Stuart Graduate School of Business and the Center
for Financial Markets have experts available to discuss current
issues. To reach any of our experts, call Gwen
Osborne, director of public affairs, at (312) 906-5251. Copies
of press releases and earlier advisories are available on our
Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/
A juror in the trial of Scott Peterson has been dismissed
and replaced with an alternate. The judge told jurors who
began deliberations November 3 after five months of testimony
to start over. Peterson is on trial for the murders of his wife
and their unborn child. Chicago-Kent professors Douglas
W. Godfrey and Richard
S. Kling are available to comment on the case. Professor
Godfrey is a former prosecutor in the Kings County (New York)
District Attorney's office. Professor Kling is a criminal defense
attorney.
The national observance of Veterans' Day will be held November
11 at noon at Arlington National Cemetery. Professor Michael
I. Spak is available for interviews about legal issues
related to the military. Professor Spak is a colonel in the U.S.
Army reserves and liaison officer of the Judge Advocate General's
School, Charlottesville, Virginia, for a seven-state area. He
is a co-author of Servicemembers Legal Guide: Everything You
and Your Family Need to Know About the Law.
Chicago's Third Airport?: Gary/Chicago International Airport
is approximately 25 miles and 35 minutes from downtown Chicago.
While some suggest a new airport in Peotone, Ill., will relieve
congestion at O'Hare and Midway airports, supporters of Gary/Chicago
Airport say it is the best solution to the area's air traffic
problems. Professor Sanford
A. Bredine, who teaches marketing communications at Stuart
Graduate School of Business, is available to discuss a project
his students have undertaken to increase awareness about the benefits
of Gary/Chicago International Airport.
The Federal Reserve's policymakers will meet November 10 to
consider interest rates. Will the Fed continue to increase
interest rates? Professor Robert
Laurent of Stuart Graduate School of Business is a former
economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He can discuss
what the Fed can do to help revitalize the economy.
The National Basketball Association 2004-05 season has begun.
Adjunct professor and sports attorney Eldon L. Ham is the
author of Play Masters: From Sellouts to Lockouts: An Unauthorized
History of the NBA. Professor Ham is available for interviews
about the league.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 12: "Trends in Employment Law and the Public
Sector Workplace" is the topic of the keynote address
by the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, U.S. District Court judge
for the Northern District of Illinois, at Chicago-Kent's 20th
annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program. The
program is sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the
Workplace and co-sponsored by the Illinois Labor Relations Board
and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. For more information,
call (312) 906-5090.
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